History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
CLARENCE DARROWIt is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure – that is all that agnosticism means.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor – anybody can do that – but against power, against injustice, against oppression, and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
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The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.
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The law is a horrible business.
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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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To think is to differ.
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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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